Improvement in feeding-mechanism for carping-engine



. In vente NPYERS, PMDTDIITHUGRAPHER, WASHINGTCH, D C.

To all whom 'it mag/'concern .v

n A; Afno'w, oFyGLENHAM, New Yon K,

" .Lettersfatent No. 95,208, dated /S'qtember 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN resume-Meenemen ron Genome-ENGINE.

`'.lfhelsehedule referred to in these Letters- Patentnnd making part bfthe same.

Be it knownthat I, A. A, DOW, of Glenbam, in the `county of Dutchess,and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedFeeding-Apparatus for Gaming-Machines; and I.; do hereby declare thatthe fbllowing'is a full, clear, and exactidescription thereof,

kwhich will enable others lskilled in theart to make and use the same,reference being had to the accom- `panying drawings, forming part ofthis "specification,

The .obeot of this invention is to provideeertain improvements` in theApperly'land Olissold diagonal feed `lor second breakers and finishers,calculated to make the same more eiicient than as at present arranged. Y

y Ihe invention consists in providing the toothed or spikedfeedingstrapon the short side of the said feedingfdevicewith the`oygienating-devices hereinafter fie- .scribed,having positivemovements; also in provid- `ing the rollei's of the traveller, whichlays theroping, with the means hereinafter described, -for operatingthem `positively.

g -Figure l represents in red a Vfeeding-apparatus, with my improvementsattached, and shown mostly inbiaok; l

Figure 2 represents alfrontelevation of tiles-aine; y Iligurei`represents a side elevation of my improved arrangement of means foroperating the said short toothed feeding-belt;

Figure 4 represents a plan view of the same; Figure 5 represents `a planview of the traveller; and- Figure 6 represents an elevation of thesame. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.'`

i A short toothed belt,'.A, is employed on the short side of thisfeeding-appz-n'atus, above the `carrying-belts andthe roping, designedto insure a steady and uniform movement ofthe looped ends ofthe roping,which are otherwise liable to bev arrested, and separatedI in Mone partand pressed together' in another, resulting in 1 uneven edges, in thebats'.

` This beltis now operatedbya driving-pulley at one end, andzworks overa tension-pulley at `the other, and owing to being` so 4 short,.it worksbadly in this way,

very often ,slipping and aggravating the evil it is designedto overcome,to o bviate which, I propose to provide the hnb of `the'driving-pulley Bwith a toothed plan view of the said' each, whereby the motion of one ispositively dependent upon the other, andthe belt insured againstslipping. y

For adjusting the tension-pulley andthe intermedif ate wheelH relativelythereto, the end of the support G of, the intermediate wheel `is slottedwhere the axle ofthe said pulley passes through it, andthe stud-pin ofthe wheel H is adjustable in a curved slot, T. y

In the common arrangement, the-laying-rollers K of the travellers aredependent for their rotary motion upon their frietional Contact with thesmooth face of .the bar L, which, owing-to various causes,is not per@fectly reliable, and they sometimes fail to revolve, n

which works great` damage, owing to the delicate nature ot' the roping,which is thereby laid very irregu-` larly, producing irregularities inthe bats. Therefore, I propose to form cog-teeth on the face of the barL, and corresponding teeth `on the upper ends of the roll V ers gearinginto them, as showny at M N; and to prevent the` ropingor fibres thereoffrom working up into the said teeth, I interpose the plate O between theworking-parts of the said rollers and the toothed parts.

I propose also in some cases tol-use a chain and chainwheels foroperating the ulleys of the said feed-belt A, the said chain and wheelsbeinggarranged with recesses and projections, to prevent slipping.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent` l. The combination, with. the short toothed belt A,of the diagonal;feeding-mechanism herein described, of the gearedpulleys B E, intermediate wheel H,`and slotted support G, all arrangedsubstantially as specified. A t

2. The arrangement with the laying-traveller of the toothed rollers K,toothed rack M, and guard-plate O, all substantially as specified.

' `A.4 A. DOW. Witnesses: y

FRANK 'BLocKLnY, G.'L. TOPLIFF.

